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Defeat

«It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated...it is finished when it surrenders.»
«I would be going until I went over the bounds of reality and was then caught up in a profound wish to be dead without having to go through the shaming defeat of suicide.»
Author: Joshua Logan | About: Defeat, Limits, Reality | Keywords: bounds, caught up, shaming
«Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.»
«There could be no honor in sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat.»
Author: T. E. Lawrence | About: Defeat, Success
«The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren't always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom»
«There is only one reason for an individual to side-step to the useless side : the fear of a defeat on the useful side.»
Author: Alfred Adler | About: Defeat, Fear, Reason
«Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.»
«It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same.»
Author: Thomas Paine (Writer) | About: Defeat, Enemies | Keywords: acres, defending
«Victory and defeat are each of the same price.»
«In war, resolution; in defeat, defiance; in victory, magnanimity»

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